Month: May 2014
May 31, 2014
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Measure twice, cut once
Measure twice, cut once What you remove is as important as what you add When Blogger turned ten years old in 2009, only seven websites in the world received more traffic. Its combination of free hosting, rock-solid uptime , and simple interface made it a popular choice for bloggers around the world.…
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Worth Reading: “The Persuasive Pressure of Peer Rankings”
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Worth Reading: “WHY THE MONA LISA STANDS OUT”
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Worth Reading: “Principles of Product Design”
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Worth Reading: “Everything Is Broken”
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Worth Reading: “The Social/Communications Map”
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Worth Reading: “The best way to win an argument”
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Worth Reading: “The internet of things”
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May 30, 2014
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Design Matters.
RT @davidcrow: Redesigning Mary Meeker’s Ugly Internet Slideshow
http://j.mp/1gIiJf5
May 29, 2014
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Words to remember:
“People will forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” #MayaAngelou
May 28, 2014
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Using home movies on Instagram to say happy birthday.
http://i.instagram.com/p/oiwvKMI_WX/
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Exclusive Speaker Interview with Scott Allan, Director, Ting
Exclusive Speaker Interview with Scott Allan, Director, Ting #MVNOIS http://t.co/kiJhx7VhHV
May 27, 2014
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“Me. I am Ken… The Reclusive Mongoose (Deluxe)”
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Fuck yeah, science!
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At 39 per million people, Canada has more Starbucks stores per capita than the US.
PLUS we have 103 Tim Hortons per million.
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Mariah’s “#Beautiful”…
Miguel: “You’re beautiful. Good lord your fuckin’ beautiful.”
Mariah: *giggles*
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Mariah’s got a Wu-Tang sample (“Da Mystery of Chessboxin”) and Nas rapping on the track Dedicated.
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Pitbull isn’t on the new Mariah album? Is that possible? Last night Burger King asked me if I wanted Pitbull on my fries.
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In stores now, “Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse (Deluxe)” featuring the hits:
– “Cry.”
– “#Beautiful”
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Record Exec: “What should we call the new album Mariah?”
Mariah: “Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse (Deluxe)”
Exec: “Bitchin’”
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Future generations, forced to endure the bloat corpse of rock music fooooorrrrreeevvvvvveeer
Hail Hail Rock And Roll!
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I always thought of Neil Young’s “rock’n roll will never die” line as more terrified realization than cheery reassurance.
May 25, 2014
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Clay Johnson on creative technologists, designing with empathy and news as a community service | Knight Lab | Northwestern University
The Lab’s profiles are Q&As with smart people who are shaping the future of media. Follow the series . In many ways, Clay Johnson is a force of nature. He is best known as the co-founder of Blue State Digital , his book — “The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption” — and as a…
May 22, 2014
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The most important thing to do when training your team | Ben Lucier
Do you manage a growing team? Are you struggling to keep them informed and trained? One of the most powerful things I learned is to start with an assessment, by creating scenario-based multiple choice questions, based on observed training opportunities and work backwards from there. By creating the…
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The lying bully Doug Ford is in this waiting area at the airport. Probably headed to Chicago, maybe NYC.
May 21, 2014
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I believe this strongly.
RT @kevin2kelly: Over the long term, the future is decided by optimists.
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A two-minute case for optimism. I believe this strongly:
http://cultivatingthought.com/author/steven-pinker/
May 19, 2014
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AMC’s “Halt & Catch Fire” is an 80s Mad Men, but computers. First episode online. Looks promising.
http://amctv.tumblr.com/post/85933638617/just-released-watch-the-full-premiere-episode-of
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Kids these days, with their dancing, and selfies, and drones, and 3D printed guns, and burkas…
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Kanban development oversimplified: a simple explanation of how Kanban adds to the ever-growing Agile toolkit
How Kanban-style development gives us another way to deliver on Agile values Years ago — Feb 25th 2008 to be exact — I wrote this draft article. At the time Kanban development was a cool new thing — bleeding edge Agile. Due to a series of unfortunate events the article wasn’t published in the…